Scholars Mentorship

Andrea Gillis, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery | University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

Angela Calderon, PhD
Professor, Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Harrison School of Pharmacy | Auburn University

Brandon Singletary, PhD
Statistician | Kirklin Solutions, Inc.

Bruce F. Smith, VMD, PhD
Professor and Director, Auburn University Research Initiative in Cancer (AURIC) | Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine

Devin Koehl, MS Data Science
Kirklin Solutions, Inc.

James K. Kirklin, MD
President | Kirklin Solutions, Inc.
Former Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery | University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

Karen A. Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work | The University of Alabama

Lilanta Joy Bradley, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Population Health | The University of Alabama

Miranda Reed, PhD
Professor, Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Harrison College of Pharmacy and Co-Director, Center for Neuroscience Initiative | Auburn University

Ryan Cantor, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer | Kirklin Solutions, Inc.

Satyanarayana Pondugula, DVM, PhD
Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine | Auburn University

Shameka L. Cody, PhD, AGNP-C, PMHNP-BC
Associate Professor, Capstone College of Nursing | The University of Alabama

Susan Teubner-Rhodes, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts | Auburn University

Astrid N. Zamora, PhD, MPH
Propel Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Epidemiology and Population Health | Stanford University School of Medicine

Deborah Feairheller, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology Director, the HEART laboratory | California State University, San Marcos

Elizabeth Tarling, PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine Division of Cardiology | University of California, Los Angeles

Dahis Manzanares, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology School Pathways | Miami Dade College, West Campus

Karen MacDonell, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine | Florida State University College of Medicine
Center for Translational Behavioral Science | Florida State University

Maria Monzon, PhD
Assistant Professor of Chemistry School Pathways | Miami Dade College, West Campus

Michael J. Haas, PhD
Research Associate Professor & Director of Research | University of Florida, College of Medicine-Jacksonville

Silvia Torices Del Val, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | University of Miami, School of Medicine

Sylvie Naar, PhD
Distinguished and Endowed Professor, Department of Behavioral Science and Social Medicine | Florida State University College of Medicine
Director, Center for Translational Behavioral Research | Florida State University

Trinidad Arguelles, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology and SLS | Miami Dade College, West Campus

Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health | Emory University

Arshed Quyyumi, MD, FACC, FRCP
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology; Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute | Emory University School of Medicine

Charles Searles, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Vice Chair, Research and Space Management; Director, Cardiology Fellowship | Emory University School of Medicine

Robina Josiah Willock, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Morehouse School of Medicine

Tennille Leak-Johnson, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute | Morehouse School of Medicine

José Biller, MD, FACP, FAAN, FANA, FAHA
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology | Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center

Paola C. Rosas, MD, PhD, RPh
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice | University of Illinois, College of Pharmacy

Rebecca Garcia Sosa, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship Site Director; Child Neurology Associate Program Director; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Neurology | Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, If/Then Ambassador, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Brain Institute | Tulane University

Ileana De Anda-Duran, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology | Tulane University School of Public Health

Kevin Zwezdaryk, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology | Tulane University School of Medicine

Lydia Bazzano, MD, PhD, MPH
Lynda B and H. Leighton Stewart Professor of Epidemiology, Director of the Center for Lifespan Epidemiology, Medical Director of the Bogalusa Heart Study | Tulane University School of Public Health

Miranda Mitchell, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Internal Medicine Residency (Baton Rouge) and Director, Office of Diversity and Community Engagement (Baton Rouge Branch Campus)

Prasad V.G. Katakam, MD, PhD, FCVS
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology | Tulane University School of Medicine

Robert Newton, Jr., PhD
Associate Professor, Physical Activity and Ethnic Minority Health, Pennington Biotechnology Research Center | Louisiana State University

Clifton Addison, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Senior Research Scientist, Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center | Jackson State University School of Public Health

Junie Paula Warrington, PhD, FAHA, FANA
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Associate Director, Program in Neuroscience, Translational Research Center | University of Mississippi Medical Center

Lorena Amaral, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology | University of Mississippi Medical Center

Marinelle Payton, MD, PhD, MS, MPH
Chair and Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Director, Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Disparities; Director, Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center | Jackson State University School of Public Health

Ayana K. April-Sanders, PhD, MPH
Instructor, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology | Rutgers School of Public Health

Carlos Molina, PhD
Professor, Department of Biology | Montclair State University

Scott L. Kight, PhD
Associate Dean, College of Science and Mathematics | Montclair State University

Christa Hartch, PhD, RN, FNP-C
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Sciences | Manhattanville University

Jaclyn P. Maher, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology | University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Jennifer Etnier, PhD
Julia Taylor Morton Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Kinesiology | University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Jonathan Schisler, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology; Member of the McAllister Heart Center | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS, FACSM
Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Implementation Science (primary), Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences | Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Li Qian, PhD
Professor of Pathology; Associate Director of the McAllister Heart Institute | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Michael Bancks, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention | Wake Forest School of Medicine

Clintoria Williams, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology and Director, Small Animal Physiology (SAP) Core | Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Hongmei Ren, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Wright State University

Daiana Negrón Declet, BHS, RT (R) (CT) (MR) (M)
Professor of Radiology Imagining | Atenas Unviersity, Manati

Elizabeth Padilla-Crespo, PhD
Distinguished Research Professor, Science and Technology Department; Internship and Student Mobility Coordinator, Internationalization Office | Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla

Keishla M. Rodríguez-Mártir, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciences | University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla

Luz Silva-Torres, MA-FS, PhD, FAACC
Professor & Chemical Analysis Supervisor, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory | Institute of Forensic Sciences, San Juan PR

Nancy Cardona, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences | UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jewel Scott, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health and Nursing Science, College of Nursing | University of South Carolina

Tisha Felder, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Arnold School of Public Health and Department of Behavioral Health and Nursing Science, College of Nursing | University of South Carolina

Aize Cao, MS, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Director, Population Health Informatics and Disparities Research Laboratory, School of Applied Computational Sciences | Meharry Medical College

Antentor O. Hinton, Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences | Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center

Carla Gardner-Jones, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences | Tennessee State University

Djamel Lebeche, PhD
Professor, College of Medicine – Memphis, Department of Physiology | University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Evangeline Motley, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Physiology | Meharry Medical College

Joey Barnett, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology Emeritus | Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Zheng Fan, PhD
Professor and Chair, The Graduate Committee; Director of the Molecular Translational Physiology Track, Biomedical Science PhD Program, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine | University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Adriana Visbal, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciences | University of Houston-Downtown

David Ring, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Comprehensive Care; Professor and Associate Chair for Faculty Academic Affairs, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care; Courtesy Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School

Donald R. Lucas, PhD
Professor of Pyschology; Coordinator, Psychology Department | Northwest Vista College

Eduardo Sanchez, MD, MPH, FAHA
Chief Medical Officer of Prevention | American Heart Association

Gary Harmon
Program Evaluation Lead | American Heart Association

Karen A. Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work | The University of Alabama

Katherine Sanchez, PhD, LCSW
Research Investigator and Director, Diversity and Inclusiveness in Research | Baylor Scott and White Research Institute (BSWRI)

Laura Quiñones Camacho, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology | The University of Texas at Austin, College of Education

Pablo Delclos, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology | University of Houston-Downtown

Patrick Dang, BS
Research Coordinator, Humana Integrated Health Systems Sciences Institute, Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine | University of Houston

Rosenda Murillo, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychological, Health & Learning Sciences | University of Houston